Thought Leadership

Presenters Can Learn From Script Writers

Most of the presentations we listen to are a tour de force of data and less than fascinating facts.  Yet the r...

Enthusiasm Is Key When Presenting

Positivity in life is electric and it can impact others very quickly. Our mindset and energy output are engine...

Huge Auditorium Presentations Are Complex

Owning the room is doable with an audience of one hundred people but much more challenging when there are five...

How To Defeat Imposter Syndrome As A Presenter

Presenting exposes a lot about us to our listeners. In this modern age it is more and more important that we c...

Practice Makes A Lot Better When Presenting

Practice makes Perfect except when presenting. Why? Because as businesspeople, we just don’t get enough speaki...

Understanding Using Data When Presenting In Japan

How much is enough data in a presentation? How much is too much? Generally speaking, most presenters have a pr...

Dealing With Ambush Speaking Requests

Suddenly you hear your name being called upon and you are being requested to make a few remarks.  Uh oh.  No p...

Using The Power Of Rhetorical Questions

Questions in general are powerful tools for speakers. They bring focus to key points we want to get across. ...

More Presenting Pizazz Please

Pizazz is one of those unusual words, that sounds kind of cool, but is a bit vague.  In presenting terms, we a...

Minimalist Presenting

Zen study is a way to strip out all of the non-essentials in life. The noise, the distraction, the things that...

You Make The Brand Not The Other Way

My eyes are slowly closing.  I am sitting in the front row but I am struggling to stay awake.  There is someth...

Create Raving Fans When Presenting

We can speak to a group. Then there is another level, where we try to totally captivate our audience.  What ma...

Don’t Be Dull And Dusty

Sometimes you see a confident presenter really bomb.  It doesn’t happen all that often, but when it does, the ...

Leader EQ In Short Supply

We know that what we think influences what we feel about something in our business. We know that how we feel i...

Transform Your Relationships: How An Expert Prepares and Delivers a TED Talk

Reading this headline you might be thinking: “Oh yeah, this guy says he is an expert? Is that really true?...

Great Voice As a Speaker?

Probably only a microscopic number of speakers have had any voice training.  The vast majority of us are in bu...

What Is The One Key Thing When Presenting?

I was talking with a friend, while we were having lunch at this very nice Italian restaurant he frequents, nea...

Presenting Good Is The Enemy Of Great

I was recently reminded of this point about a good presentation being the enemy of a great presentation.  Two ...

How To Be Confident When Presenting

The Mochizuki Room of the High Performance Center Akasaka opens up and today’s class members gradually file in...

Are You Any Good?

We have worked hard to get our opening right. We know that first impressions really count and we have planned ...